Union township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1802
- Northeast: 184
- Midwest: 31
- South: 36
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
41 people in nursing homes
35 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 732
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 28
- Mobile homes: 79
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 317 (47 second mortgage, 68 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- Polish (24.1%)
- German (17.6%)
- English (10.9%)
- Italian (7.5%)
- United States or American (6.8%)
- Dutch (6.1%)
- Irish (5.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 821 (89%)
- Carpooled: 76 (8%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 23 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
41 people in nursing homes
35 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
97.1% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,025- In family households: 1,837 (500 male householders, 108 female householders)
555 spouses, 588 children (468 natural, 33 adopted, 87 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 19 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 188 (85 male householders (65 living alone)), 70 female householders (70 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 75 (37 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 281 2-persons, 140 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 135 1-person, 11 2-persons, 9 4-persons,
363 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (31 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 3.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 5.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |